Doll-head.



H. KLAGSBRUNN.

DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED nov. 14, 1914.

WITNESSES:

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DOLL-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915..

Application filed. November 14, 1914. Serial N 0. 872,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Hum KLAGSBRUNN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of VVestchester and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Doll-Heads, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to doll heads and has as its principal object toprovide a device whereby dolls heads may be made with eyes adapted toturn both up and down and to either side, so as to produce the efiect ofopen and closed eyes and of eyes looking straight forward or sidewise,respectively.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple in construction, infallible of operation andcheap in manufacture.

A final object of my invention is to provide such a device which may bemounted in place easily and quickly.

I attain my objects by providing a mechanism hereinafter morespecifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dolls head provided with mydevice,with sidewise looking eyes. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my device asapplied to the inside of the front part of a dolls head, fractionallyshown. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2 taken on the line33'thereof. Fig. 4 is an elevational detail view showing an al: ternateform of one part of my device. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of apart.

The same part is designated by the same reference character throughoutthe several views.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 10 is a bearing made eitherof the same material as the dolls head and integral therewith, orseparately of a piece of wood or the like, glued to the inside of thedolls head 11, in about the position corresponding to the nose of thedoll, between the eye holes 12, said bearing 10 being open at the frontand adapted to be closed by a covering plate 13 glued on after insertingin the bearing 10 a cranked shaft 14 rotatably mounted therein. Thecranked shaft 14 carries, rotatably on either vertical end 15 thereof, apair of globes 16 representing eye-balls which register with theeyeholes 12 and have pupils and iris painted or otherwise applied to theparts which normally, in the erect position each globe 16 I provide awasher 22 on the shaft ends 15 which latter, after the washers 22 are inplace, have to be pressed with a pair of pliers, producing thecorrugations 23 to prevent the slipping off of the washers and theglobes 16.

When the doll is laid on its back, the weight 21 draws the globes 16down and thereby causes the shaft 14 to turn in its horizontal bearing,the turning movement being limited by one shaft-end 15 which isprolongated for the purpose,butting against the-inside of the foreheadpart 26 of the doll. By this movement the part of the globes 16 abovethe pupils appears in the eyeholes 12, which part 'is painted so as torepresent closed eye-lids and thus produces the effect of eyes closed asin sleep. When the doll is, thereafter, raised to its original, erectposition, the weight causes the shaft 14 to turn back again to itsformer, normal position, thus producing the effect of the dolls openingits eyes. This movement is limited by the lower horizontal parts 24 ofthe cranked shaft 14 butting against the inside of the dolls head.

The sideward movement of the eyes is produced by the action of the sameweight 21 when the doll is laid on one side, the globes 16 being thenturned around their vertical axis 15 by means of the rods 18 on whichthe weight 21 acts. This movement is limited, on either side, by therespective end of the connecting link 20 butting against the inside ofthe cheek-parts 26 of the dolls head but, if the length of the. link 20is insuflicient for that purpose, prolongations 27 thereof, as in Fig.4:, may be provided.

When the bearing 10 is integral with the dolls head, I introduce theremainder of,

previously provided with glue and paste it ice on to the front of thebearing 10, thereby closing it. The wedge shaped lower end of thecovering plate 13, and the corresponding recess 28 in the bearingareprovided for the purpose of easily locating the right po sition in whichthe covering plate 13 has to be fixed.

\Vhen the bearing 10 is a separate piece, as in the accompanyingdrawing, I assemble the whole device as shown before introducing it intothe dolls head in the above mentioned manner and pasting it in positionwith some convenient composition. The sides of the bearing 10 coactingWith the downwardly bent parts of the shaft 14 provide 'a' suitableguide for the latter, preventing lateral deviations or oscillationsthereof. While I have thus described and shown the preferred form of myinvention, it is understood that I do not want to be limited by itsmechanical details and may resort to such alterations and modificationsas come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

I claim: I 1. A mechanism for dolls eyes comprising, in combination, abearing at the inside of a dolls head, a cranked shaft having a central,horizontal part rotatably carried by said bearing, and two vertical endseach carrying, rotatably thereon, a globe representmg an eyeball andprovided with pupils and iris at their part normally appearing in theeyeholes of said dolls head, and weight-controlled means for turningsaid eyes in respect to said eyeholes so as to produce the effect ofopen or closed eyes and of eyes looking straight forward or sidewise,respectively, substantially as set forth.

2. A mechanism for dolls eyes comprising, in combination, a bearing atthe inside of a dolls head, a cranked shaft having a central, horizontalpart rotatably mounted in said bearing and two vertical ends carrying,rotatably thereon, a pair of globes representing eyeballs and providedwith pupils and iris at their part normally appearing in the eyeholes ofsaid dolls head, weight controlled means for turning said eyeballs inrespect to said eye-holes and means for li1niting said turning movementin both directions to the required extent, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

HUGO KLAGSBRUN N. Witnesses:

FRED. RoEGEN,

ALADAR HAMBURGER.

